Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-09-03

xsgs-curssd sld p4aper aoonleds whose
crops scarcely pay tie coss q cultivation.
NsssF befoFe ia the history q tbs kspuo-
&c vas there sacn lzmsntzbls and threat
sniag condiflen II Affairs. Never wsre
oar great political organszaIsons, thai
have. heretofore rIa tas government.
- disaaectsd ia their own respective ranks
CT less pronounced az 10 former diisfencss
ia their sloqusnily ambiguous platforms
plslloFms saoss p.Anks are little more
than patriotic pisliIldss.
The 80 0ld standard parties may literally
be said 10 have soafssst, the most fornids-
BE factions being blown away from tAe
pzFsag hives. And these new 1edged and
iadepsndent colonies. arrogant and war
Ike. seen 10 have been b0unlifalsy supplied
with fsatricidAl sEingsrs-oettsr weapons
thsn our revolutionary fathers had when
they rsoslled against England
We shall nOt cOilate and summarize cleo
tiOn returns. or indulge IN sweeping est
macs and prophecies. but that the great
voting population OF the country IS border
ing upon a condition Of partizan anarchy
Il plain enough. The masses are IN a state
that prospects them to oe blown about Ike
chat before the Wind. Even distinguished
statesmen have forsaken their old party
ships % take their chances upon what
would seem 10 be bat = floating
spar. Sumner, Beecher, Greedy. Curtis
whole GALAXY of political chief
iains. thus launched out upon the stormy
waters. followed, as the ballot box has re-
cordsdj by a vast multitude. Nor has the
Democratic craft been less q ST. ifsrer.as New
York's IS goo votes formerly cast for HESEY
GEoeax abundantly testifies.
Strong-holds are being broken up. Noun
tAins composed Of majorities trembie. The
great political wheel whirls around. turned
by overpowering events, and throwing of
factions ike wsts from grindstone.
Thus was the Greenback party born, the
Union Labor party. and half dozen other
more or less formidable organizations. in
Guiding the Prohibitionists. who boast of
marshslling 10000 votesl
Troubled. indeed, are the waters Of Amer
lean politics. and no craft has immunity
from shipvreck upon their stormy pillows!
But Why are these general divisions and
uprisings abroad in the world2
The answer, because of pslpabls fnisman-
.gsment of the government, first spd Sec
ondly. through ambitious and disappointed
leaders srousing and deceiving the masses.
One Is q rock-foundation, the other of sand
and fr0th.
We herewith summarize the general
clamor and TRADE agains. the old parties
/ giving the arraignment its full force and
scope. the picture being drawn by the dis
affected masses. and not with our own
brush OF pen.
They claim that the people but few
years ago were happy and prosperous, and
thar they are little better than bankrupts
today; that they have been robbed by those
they have placed in positions of power and
trust They hold the Republican and Demo
cratic parties to be shams, and their plat
forms intended only to catch the votes oil
the unvsry, have been full of frauds and
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grand and important live issue between
them for twenty years.
They say that worthless bones have beer
thrown into the arena. the ring masters
| rubbing the political ears of the masses tc
make them shout. struggle cheer and fight
while they (the ring masters and corpora
tons, have been systematically robbins
them. That the labsring. tax-psy
Ing producers, numbering over $50.
100000, are one side. while tn,
non. producing. non-tax-psving Spy.
locks. sharks. SPECTATORS and monopolists
are like rats and bloodhounds following th'
trail Of advancing civilization, to steal sn,
fstten upon the products Of legitimate in
dustry.
We are warned that throughout the coun
try oar industries are greatly psralyzed. ou
agricultural lands heavily mor;gsged, an
that legitimate labor and production ar,
everywhere groaniny and dying under IN
bearsbis burdens Of deat ana low prices. A
srocco blast has swept over the land. with
sring the flowers Of hope, blasting the fruit
Of prosperity. leaving waste and desolatioI
along Is broad trail
| They cry, "Beheld the boBdholdsrs. tn
lsnd-bsrous snd the money-chSagers
They number but few thousand AID no
enc Of them ever produced the wealth the
bars hosrssd-shs products OF millions @
toilers FOR generations. Their wealth he
increased a. the same ratio that the Pee
pies has diminished thus Masking rs
NATION Of millionaires and Paupers.
Specifically tasy charge, as against pa
digestion. snd provosstion Of this sllevsd
lamsntasIe coalition Of the country. TIA
the following sets are Infamous
The al q Congress ~ $50. placing two 81
/ ceptious On he green back dni3sr.
Z The sft 81 Congress 81 ts5& creafins IN
/ Nafionsi hanks. VITA almost minated n0aver
ussfe sad coutrsct ihe sn-Teney. WIZ e.
/ -Ent IL charge cen Ter cent interest foF :, -ae
i'iEn s1et taem - ne Governments ~ q oe<t Z
ere per cent
3 A Congressional scss g;rirg away "a
peoples add "a the shz7s % SUBSIDIES e raj
1. he sct ofcsnx-eSS n tss5 cassrses.nx -
ciirrencT A lsw 70 maze iess money and IaCE
heo7ls
s ne scs a. Congress o. issa, "a charged =,
eunafit0n AZ ps~znent 81 TIE - bCa.fs i7ora pa,
rsent m Vaper Hcaer - paymens SIS erin.
= TIE 40 81 Scrgrcss ~ .s7f demc1 ssizir
si7er. hereby uakln9 or 6ebs psyshle IA 20
siere.
Now the above generally covers Il
ground. w Save simply msrshslied IA
leading ard clsnlor0us complaints for Il
consideration of our rsaders. Thsv A.
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